Top Operators in the Avalon-Bone Spring (Texas)

The operators with the most well counts targeting the Avalon-Bone Spring formation in Texas:

#	Operator	Wells in Avalon-Bone Spring
1	Anadarko Petroleum	1,510
2	Apache	1,048
3	Wpx Energy	1,034
4	Permian Resources Operating LLC	1,033
5	Eog Resources	772
6	Pdeh LLC	717
7	Jetta Operating Company	698
8	Chevron	572
9	Noble Energy	508
10	Antelope Energy Partners LLC	505

Primary Texas Counties for the Avalon-Bone Spring

The Texas counties with the most Avalon-Bone Spring activity:

Reeves, Loving, Ward, Culberson, Winkler

Recent Avalon-Bone Spring Drilling Permits in Texas

The most recent 22 drilling permits filed for Avalon-Bone Spring wells in Texas:

Permit Date	Well	API	County	Operator	Lateral (ft)
2026-01-12	Dbm 29-47 1d	`4230134999`	Loving	Wes Water Holdings LLC	149
2026-01-12	Dbm 29-48 1d	`4230135001`	Loving	Wes Water Holdings LLC	149
2026-01-12	Dbm 29-47 2d	`4230135000`	Loving	Wes Water Holdings LLC	151
2026-01-12	Dbm 29-37 2d	`4230134998`	Loving	Wes Water Holdings LLC	151
2026-01-12	Dbm 29-48 2d	`4230135002`	Loving	Wes Water Holdings LLC	149
2026-01-12	Dbm 29-37 1d	`4230134997`	Loving	Wes Water Holdings LLC	149
2026-01-08	Dbm 29-35 1d	`4230134995`	Loving	Wes Water Holdings LLC	—
2025-05-01	Pbar Swd 5	`4230134743`	Loving	Pilot Water Gath Delaware LLC	151
2025-04-25	Ranger C5-14-Swd 1d	`4238935819`	Reeves	Vtx Energy Operating LLC	130
2025-04-21	University 22-21 Swd 1	`4249534033`	Winkler	Pilot Water Gath Delaware LLC	147
2025-04-15	Pbar Swd 6	`4230134744`	Loving	Pilot Water Gath Delaware LLC	149
2025-04-14	Pbar Swd 2	`4230134739`	Loving	Pilot Water Gath Delaware LLC	6,239
2025-04-10	Pbar Swd 7	`4230134745`	Loving	Pilot Water Gath Delaware LLC	148
2025-04-10	Pbar Swd 4	`4230134742`	Loving	Pilot Water Gath Delaware LLC	7,220
2025-04-08	University 4-21 Swd 2	`4249534030`	Winkler	Pilot Water Gath Delaware LLC	147
2025-03-20	State Lost & Found 57-T2-20x17 W114h	`4238939793`	Reeves	Bpx Operating Company	8,600
2025-03-20	State Lost & Found 57-T2-20x17 W115h	`4238939794`	Reeves	Bpx Operating Company	8,464
2025-03-13	State Lost & Found 57-T2-20x17 W102h	`4238939761`	Reeves	Bpx Operating Company	8,515
2025-02-06	University 36-16 Swd 1	`4247537462`	Ward	Pilot Water Gath Delaware LLC	148
2025-01-21	Z&T 32 X002	`4230134044`	Loving	Lrr Pecos Valley LLC	5,518
2024-09-16	Pbar Swd 11	`4230134749`	Loving	Pilot Water Gath Delaware LLC	148
2024-09-16	Pbar Swd 12	`4230134750`	Loving	Pilot Water Gath Delaware LLC	148

Avalon-Bone Spring DUCs (Drilled, Uncompleted Wells) in Texas

Wells targeting the Avalon-Bone Spring that have been spudded but are waiting on completion — near-term production upside:

Spud Date	Days Waiting	Well	Operator	County	Lateral (ft)
2026-04-10	23	University 4-21 Swd 2	Pilot Water Gath Delaware LLC	Winkler	147
2026-01-20	103	Vermejo 1	Trp Operating	Loving	—
2025-11-07	177	Selden Swd 2	Ngl Water Solutions	Loving	148

About the Avalon-Bone Spring Formation in Texas

The Avalon-Bone Spring is one of Texas's active oil and gas plays, with 21,937 wells on file across 1,017 distinct operators of record. Operators have filed 162 drilling permits targeting the Avalon-Bone Spring in the last 24 months — a measure of how active the play is right now versus its historical baseline.

For mineral owners with interests in Reeves, Loving, Ward, Culberson, Winkler, knowing whether your tract sits within an active Avalon-Bone Spring footprint is a foundational valuation question. Active formations with consistent permit flow command premium pricing; legacy formations with steady but declining production are valued differently.